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Nuts and bolts
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:44 pm
by Greengrass
Does any body know what sizes they are so i can buy some new ones these on flea bay dount fit owt and they dount seem to come with nuts
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:55 pm
by bmcecosse
Nuts and bolts - for what?? The body is all BSF threaded and the mechanical parts are all UNF threaded........ NOTHING is metric (thank goodness).
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:18 pm
by Greengrass
Gear box bracket that bolts onto the chassi
the ones that hold the wings on
As you can tell i got this convertable in bits with no nuts and bolts (well im not the first and not the last

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Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:32 pm
by chesney
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:53 pm
by Greengrass
Thankyou ive seen that before
Just been on flea bay looking and found a nut and bolt set for morris 1000 but they say UNC and you lot say UNF i take it they are different
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:35 pm
by bmcecosse
There are neither UNC nor UNF bolts on the body of the car. They are ALL
BSF !!
Here you are but not cheap
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BSF-NUTS-BOLT ... 5644f180c4
However - (and this heresy, so turn away if faint hearted) where there is a nut and bolt used together on the car you could use much less expensive Metric bolts and nuts....... But it's non standard and will lead to future confusion with spanner sizes.
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:17 am
by Greengrass
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:07 pm
by les
Many replacement panels, if not all now, have their captive nuts in metric, rather sloppy practice when intended for a Minor. You may wish to check this out on any new metalwork you have bought.
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:59 pm
by katy
the mechanical parts are all UNF threaded........ NOTHING is metric (thank goodness).
And here I always was told that the spark plug threads were metric?

Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:03 pm
by bmcecosse
Yes - I think they are (14mm) - an industry standard . But well spotted!!

Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:37 pm
by Greengrass
Yes your right my chassi legs are 6mm rear wheel arch repair pannels a tight 8mm door flich panel pass
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:45 pm
by alexandermclaren
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:51 pm
by TvdWerf
bmcecosse wrote:Nuts and bolts - for what?? The body is all BSF threaded and the mechanical parts are all UNF threaded........ NOTHING is metric (thank goodness).
sorry to tell, but the sidevalve engine bolts are metric...
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:46 pm
by beero
I get my nuts and bolts from here but of course you do need to know the sizes to start with.
http://www.namrick.co.uk/
Wing bolts are 5/16 BSF I think
Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:19 pm
by bmcecosse
Yes - we've been over the Side valve engine and it's metric threaded (but not headed?) fittings before.......It was an engine 'borrowed' from the French........

Re: Nuts and bolts
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:24 pm
by lambrettalad
vive la différence
